REGION: DRIVER GETS PRISON FOR FATAL CRASH

Drunken Menifee man crashed head-on into car, killing O’side mom

A motorist who admitted he was driving drunk when he crashed and killed an Oceanside mother in December on state Route 76 was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison.

Jonathan David Roberts, 22, of Menifee pleaded guilty at the Vista courthouse to felony vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving in exchange for a state prison sentence of five years, eight months. He had faced seven years, eight months if convicted at trial.

The crash occurred Dec. 23 in Bonsall. Socorro Aguirre-Reynosa, 53, died, and three of her family members were injured.

When Roberts was arraigned late last year, District Attorney Garret Wong said Roberts had 40 grams of marijuana in his Dodge Ram pickup at the time of the crash. He also said Roberts was driving on a suspended license.

Witnesses saw Roberts’ truck weaving on Route 76 about 3:20 p.m. It crossed over the double-yellow lines and slammed head-on into a 2010 Honda Fit that Aguirre-Reynosa was driving.

She died at the scene. Her husband, 30-year-old daughter and 13-year-old grandson were hospitalized.

After crashing into the Fit, the pickup flipped and collided with a second car, injuring that driver, Wong said.